WO2002025064A2 - Appareil et procede d'inspection du joint d'etancheite du pavillon d'admission d'une turbine a vapeur - Google Patents

Appareil et procede d'inspection du joint d'etancheite du pavillon d'admission d'une turbine a vapeur Download PDF

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WO2002025064A2
WO2002025064A2 PCT/US2001/042267 US0142267W WO0225064A2 WO 2002025064 A2 WO2002025064 A2 WO 2002025064A2 US 0142267 W US0142267 W US 0142267W WO 0225064 A2 WO0225064 A2 WO 0225064A2
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George F. Dailey
Mark Fischer
Michael J. Metala
James A. Bauer
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01M—TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01M3/00—Investigating fluid-tightness of structures
    • G01M3/02—Investigating fluid-tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum
    • G01M3/26—Investigating fluid-tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum by measuring rate of loss or gain of fluid, e.g. by pressure-responsive devices, by flow detectors
    • G01M3/28—Investigating fluid-tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum by measuring rate of loss or gain of fluid, e.g. by pressure-responsive devices, by flow detectors for pipes, cables or tubes; for pipe joints or seals; for valves ; for welds
    • G01M3/2853—Investigating fluid-tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum by measuring rate of loss or gain of fluid, e.g. by pressure-responsive devices, by flow detectors for pipes, cables or tubes; for pipe joints or seals; for valves ; for welds for pipe joints or seals
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D21/00—Shutting-down of machines or engines, e.g. in emergency; Regulating, controlling, or safety means not otherwise provided for
    • F01D21/003—Arrangements for testing or measuring
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D9/00—Stators
    • F01D9/06—Fluid supply conduits to nozzles or the like
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01M—TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01M3/00—Investigating fluid-tightness of structures
    • G01M3/02—Investigating fluid-tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum
    • G01M3/26—Investigating fluid-tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum by measuring rate of loss or gain of fluid, e.g. by pressure-responsive devices, by flow detectors
    • G01M3/28—Investigating fluid-tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum by measuring rate of loss or gain of fluid, e.g. by pressure-responsive devices, by flow detectors for pipes, cables or tubes; for pipe joints or seals; for valves ; for welds
    • G01M3/2853—Investigating fluid-tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum by measuring rate of loss or gain of fluid, e.g. by pressure-responsive devices, by flow detectors for pipes, cables or tubes; for pipe joints or seals; for valves ; for welds for pipe joints or seals
    • G01M3/2869—Investigating fluid-tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum by measuring rate of loss or gain of fluid, e.g. by pressure-responsive devices, by flow detectors for pipes, cables or tubes; for pipe joints or seals; for valves ; for welds for pipe joints or seals for seals not incorporated in a pipe joint
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2220/00—Application
    • F05D2220/30—Application in turbines
    • F05D2220/31—Application in turbines in steam turbines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2230/00—Manufacture
    • F05D2230/80—Repairing, retrofitting or upgrading methods

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  • This invention relates generally to the field of non-destructive examination, and more specifically to the non-destructive examination of portions of a steam turbine apparatus, and particularly to an apparatus and method for the remote inspection of the bell seal area of a high pressure steam turbine.
  • a steam turbine is a device operable to extract energy from a flow of high pressure, high temperature steam and to convert that energy into mechanical energy in the form of the rotation of a shaft.
  • the steam flow may be generated by any known type of steam generator, such as for example, a fossil fueled boiler or a nuclear steam supply system.
  • the rotating shaft of the turbine is commonly connected to a rotor shaft of an electrical generator to convert the mechanical energy of the rotating shaft into electrical energy for distribution via the power grid.
  • the steam turbine 10 includes a rotor shaft 12 journaled for rotation within an inner cylinder 14 and an outer cylinder 16.
  • the inner cylinder 14 includes, among other parts, a blade carrier ring 18 and several nozzle chamber units 20 each welded to the inner cylinder so as to become an integral part thereof.
  • the outer cylinder 16 includes one or more high pressure steam inlets 22 and a number of inlet sleeve units 24, each of which extends inwardly in telescoping relation to its associated nozzle chamber 20 in the inner cylinder 14. Steam enters the turbine inlet 22 from a high pressure steam line (not shown) downstream from one or more control valves (not shown) into a nozzle chamber 20 integrally attached to the inner cylinder 14.
  • the steam then passes through the nozzles and rotating blades 26 of the control stage, which are attached to the rotor shaft 12. Steam flows from several parallel inlet paths flows into a control stage chamber 27 and around the nozzle units 20 to merge together to flow through the remainder of the turbine array of stationary 28 and rotating 29 blade rows. The expanded steam exiting the blade rows enters a steam outlet annulus 36 formed between the inner and outer cylinders 14, 16 and is directed to an outlet 38.
  • the inlet steam flow must pass between the inner and outer cylinders 14, 16 without leakage there between. This requires a static seal that will withstand extremely high pressures, high temperatures, and differential thermal expansion.
  • the seal must be substantially fluid tight and stable under conditions of extremely high velocity and sometimes pulsating steam flow.
  • the seal assembly repeatedly encounters dynamic instability, vibration, and thermal shock during use. It is know to use a bell seal 30 for this application.
  • Several known designs of such bell seals are described in United States patents 3,907,308 dated September 23, 1975; 4,802,679 dated February 7, 1989; and 4,812,105 dated March 14, 1989.
  • Reliable operation of a steam turbine is desired in order to ensure the integrity of the electrical power supply and to avoid unplanned and therefore more costly repairs resulting from failures during the operation of the turbine.
  • a variety of routine inspections are performed on a steam turbine to assess the condition of the machine during its useful operating life, and to detect degraded conditions before they mature into a component failure.
  • the inlet sleeve area of a turbine is subject to extremes of temperature, thermal shock, vibration, and differential expansion, and as such, is an area vulnerable to mechanical wear and cracking.
  • the surface 32 of the inner cylinder 14 in contact with the bell seal is subject to wear.
  • a method for inspecting the inlet sleeve bell seal of a steam turbine including the steps of providing a tool having a pair of bladders spaced along a guide tube; inserting the tool into a turbine inlet to an inspection position wherein a turbine bell seal is disposed between the pair of bladders; inflating the pair of bladders to form a sealed volume having a leakage path through the bell seal; establishing and varying a flow of pressurized air into the sealed volume; and recording data __re.pj__ ⁇ es.enting.
  • the method may also include the steps of providing a camera on the tool; monitoring the output of the camera during the step of inserting the tool into a turbine inlet to determine when the tool is in the inspection position; and monitoring the output of the camera to perform a visual inspection of the bell seal.
  • a method of testing the inlet sleeve bell seal of a steam turbine as described herein may alternatively include the steps of generating an algorithm for predicting the degree of degradation of a bell seal based upon the mass flow rate of air flowing through the bell seal under various pressure conditions; providing an inspection tool adapted for measuring the mass flow rate of air flowing through a bell seal installed in a turbine; inserting the inspection tool into an assembled steam turbine through an opening; obtaining measurements of the mass flow rate of air flowing through the bell seal of the turbine under various pressure conditions by operating the inspection tool; and predicting the degree of degradation of the bell seal of the turbine by apply the measurements to the algorithm.
  • An apparatus for in-situ inspection of a bell seal of a turbine is described herein as including a guide tube adapted for insertion into an inlet of a turbine; a pair of inflatable bladders attached to the guide tube and separated by a space sufficient .to. span a bell..seal of the turbine; an inspection air flow path having an outlet disposed between the pair of bladders; a flow sensor for indicating the rate of flow of air through the inspection air flow path; and a pressure sensor for indicating the pressure in a space between the bladders.
  • the apparatus may further include a camera connected to the guide tube and disposed between the pair of inflatable bladders, and a motor connected between the camera and the guide tube for rotating the camera about a longitudinal axis of the guide tube.
  • An inspection apparatus that may be used for performing the disclosed method may include a guide tube having an insertion end; a trailing bladder connected to the insertion end of the guide tube; a leading bladder spaced apart from and connected to the trailing bladder; a means for selectively inflating each of the trailing bladder and the leading bladder; a means for providing a variable flow of air to the space between the leading bladder and the trailing bladder; a means for measuring the rate of flow provided by the means for providing a variable flow of air; and a means for measuring the static air pressure in the space between the leading bladder and the trailing bladder.
  • Figure 1 is a partial cross-sectional view of a prior art steam turbine showing the major elements of the turbine including the inlet sleeve trepan area and the bell seal.
  • Figure 2 is a cross-section view of an inspection tool in position to inspect the bell seal of the turbine of Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is a plot of pressure verses flow for a particular bell seal design having various amounts of wear.
  • Figure 4 is an elevation view of a jet assist nozzle that may be used with the inspection tool of Figure 2.
  • FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the systems utilized in the operation of the inspection tool of Figure 2.
  • Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of a flexible member connected between the guide tube and trailing spool piece of the inspection tool of Figure 2.
  • Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view of a second, larger spool piece installed around the leading spool piece of the inspection tool of Figure 2.
  • Figure 2 illustrates an inspection apparatus 40 inserted into the fully assembled steam turbine 10 and located proximate a bell seal 30.
  • bell seal 30 minimizes the leakage of high pressure steam between the inlet sleeve 24 and the nozzle chamber 20.
  • Bell seal 30 is held in position by a retaining nut locking ring 42 _thr.eadably engaged with the_.inlet sleeve 24.
  • the bell seal 30 has a limited freedom of movement in a radial direction with respect to the axis of the inlet sleeve 24, and is free to slide longitudinally along wear surface 32 to accommodate differential thermal expansion between the inner and outer cylinders 14, 16.
  • the maximum radial size of gap 45 should be no more than 0.010 inches in order to appropriately limit the leakage of steam there through .
  • Inspection apparatus 40 includes a guide tube 44 adapted for insertion into an inlet 22 of a steam turbine 10.
  • Guide tube 44 may be, for example, a nylon reinforced flexible tubing.
  • Guide tube 44 is attached to a trailing bladder assembly including a trailing spool piece 46 and an inflatable trailing bladder 48.
  • a leading bladder assembly including leading spool piece 50 and leading inflatable bladder 52 is directly or indirectly connected to the guide tube 44, such as by shaft 54 connected between the respective spool pieces 46, 50.
  • An inflation air flow path such as tube 56 is provided for each of the inflatable bladders 48, 52 for providing compressed air or other gas to cause the inflation of the bladders.
  • Tube 56 may extend through the interior of guide tube 44 so that the inflatable bladders 48, 52 may be selectively inflated and deflated from outside the assembled turbine. Once -the bladders 48, 52 are inflated, the ' _sp.ace 71 bet.ween_the.__bladders becomes a sealed volume having as its only leak path the bell seal 30.
  • a camera frame 58 is rotatably supported on the shaft 54 for support of a miniature camera 60.
  • a motor 62 attached to camera frame 58 has an output 64 engaged with a gear 66 attached to leading spool piece 50. The operation of motor 62 will thereby cause the rotation of the motor frame 58 and camera 60 about the longitudinal axis of the shaft 54 and guide tube 44.
  • the motor 62 may be connected in a variety of manners between the camera 60 and any one of the leading spool 50, trailing spool 46, and shaft 54. Electrical leads (not shown) for both the camera 60 and motor 62 may extend through the interior of guide tube 44 for connection to appropriate control systems exterior to the turbine.
  • such electrical leads may be connected through a slip ring to avoid the twisting of the leads as the camera frame 58 is rotated.
  • motor 62 may be provided with an encoder and appropriate software controls to limit the rotation of the motor frame 58 to no more than 360 degrees.
  • two rotational limit switches may be provided to limit the rotation of camera frame 58, such as to 350-355 degrees of rotation. When a limit switch de- energizes the motor 62, the operator can reverse the direction of rotation, thereby cycling between the rotational limits. Even if the extent of rotation is less than -360 degrees, the wide viewing angle _pjovided by_a._pin-hole camera habitslens will enable the operator to have more than a 360 degree viewing range .
  • One or more openings 68 are provided in the trailing spool piece 46 to allow the flow of inspection air 70 into the space 71 between the leading inflatable bladder 52 and the trailing inflatable bladder 48.
  • Inspection air 70 may be provided from exterior to the turbine through the interior of guide tube 44 or through a dedicated * inspection air flow path such as a separate length of flexible tubing (not shown) disposed within the guide tube 44.
  • a passage 72 is formed in the trailing spool piece 46 and has an opening into the space 71 between the inflatable bladders 48, 52. Passage 72 is connected to a tube 74 that extends through guide tube 44 to the exterior of the turbine where it is connected to a pressure sensor 76.
  • the location of the outlet 78 of opening 72 is preferably selected to be in a position which accurately experiences the static air pressure existing in the space 71 between the bladders 48, 52. Thus, opening 78 should be located away from high flow areas of inspection air 70.
  • Apparatus 40 may be inserted into an assembled steam turbine 10 through a disassembled valve in the main steam line or other convenient opening.
  • Apparatus 40 may be inserted by manually pushing guide tube 44 or by using a mechanical probe pusher as is known in the art.
  • a flexible f ⁇ berglass • rod.80_ may-Jae. inserted., into, guide tube 44 to prevent the buckling of the guide tube 44 under compression loading.
  • a safety cable 81 is provided to ensure that the inspection apparatus can be removed from the turbine under all circumstances.
  • the output of camera 60 may be monitored as the tool 40 is inserted into the turbine in order to accurately position the inspection tool 40 proximate the bell seal 30.
  • Camera 60 may be utilized to conduct a visual inspection of the bell seal 30 including locking ring 42. Certain conditions such as cracking or the loosening of locking ring 42 may be detected by such a visual inspection.
  • inflatable bladders 48, 52 may be inflated on opposed sides of bell seal 30 in order to create a sealed volume 71 having only a single leakage path through the bell seal 30.
  • a flow of pressurized inspection air 70 may then be introduced into the sealed volume 71, thereby creating an elevated pressure within volume 71 and a leakage flow rate around bell seal 30. Measurements of the mass flow rate of air through the bell seal 30 under various pressure conditions may be recorded.
  • Data may be recorded while varying the flow of inspection air 70 and recording the pressure in the sealed volume 71 as a function of the rate of flow of pressurized inspection air 70. Because it is important that the only leakage path from the sealed volume 71 is through the bell seal 30, the proper operation of inflatable bladders 48, 52 may be tested prior to performing the leakage - test on the bell seal 30. This may be accomplished • -_ -b_y__ins.exting-the.__inspection tool 4..0_. ⁇ o a test position removed from the bell seal 30 in an area of the inlet sleeve 24 having only a smooth type inside diameter. The inflatable bladders 48, 52 may then be inflated to form a sealed volume having no known leakage path.
  • Figure 3 illustrates a plot of the flow rate of air past a bell seal as a function of the driving pressure on the inside diameter of the bell seal for several different degrees of degradation of the bell seal .
  • the horizontal axis represents the flow of air past the bell seal, and the vertical axis indicates the pressure driving such flow.
  • Curve 82 illustrates the performance of a relatively new bell seal and nozzle chamber unit combination, where the gap 45 is at a minimum, such as for example a 2 mil diametral clearance. As evidenced by the slope of the curve 82, a high amount of pressure is needed to induce a relatively low amount of leakage past the bell seal.
  • Curve 84 represents the same bell seal having approximately 8 mils diametral clearance.
  • curve 84 the amount of flow past the bell seal is significantly increased for any given pressure.
  • curve 86 represents the conditions for a bell seal having 14 mils diametral clearance
  • curve 88 represents a bell seal having a design maximum diametral clearance of 20 mils.
  • a curve such as illustrated in figure 3 represents an algorithm that may be used for predicting the degree of degradation of a bell seal based upon the mass flow rate of air through the bell seal under various pressure conditions.
  • a particular algorithm such a figure 3 may be developed for each design of bell seal, including various ranges of degradation. Such an algorithm may be established under laboratory conditions and may be utilized to evaluate field measurements of the mass flow rate of air through a similarly designed bell seal collected using the inspection tool 40 of Figure 2 for an in-situ bell seal.
  • Figure 4 illustrates a device that may be utilized to assist in the insertion of the inspection tool 40 into a turbine.
  • Guide tube 44 is illustrated as being connected to a jet assist nozzle 90.
  • Jet assist nozzle 90 is formed to have a series of internal passages 92 operable to direct a flow of pressurized air in a direction opposite the desired insertion direction.
  • the jet affect of such a flow of pressurized air will be a driving force exerted on the guide tube 44 in the direction of insertion.
  • Such jet assist air may be provided through the interior of guide tube 44 or through a separate jet assist air flow path.
  • Figure 5 is ⁇ _a__f.unctional block diagram of the various components of the system described above.
  • a control console 94 is illustrated as including the various electrical and pneumatic systems necessary for the operation of the in-turbine components.
  • a monitor 96 is connected to camera 60 by wiring 98 passing through the interior of guide tube 44.
  • a motor controller 100 is connected to motor 62 by wiring 102.
  • An apparatus 104 for controlling the flow of inflation air supplied to bladders 48, 52 may include a bladder pressure indicator 106.
  • An apparatus 108 for delivering inspection air 70 may be, for example, the OMEGA FMA-7000 Series mass flow controller as provided by OMEGA Engineering, Inc.
  • a source of jet assist air 110 may be, for example, an attachment to the instrument air supply system available at the location of the turbine. Some or all of these components may be connected to a data recorder 112.
  • the operator interface for control panel 94 may be any style known in the art , such as manual switches, analog or digital indicators, computer input and readout devices, etc.
  • Figure 6 is another device that facilitates the insertion of the inspection tool 40 into a turbine.
  • a flexible, air' tight bellows member 120 may be inserted between the guide tube 44 and the trailing spool 46 and held in place by band clamps 122.
  • the flexible bellows member 120 provides a means for f_lexing_.between the. rigid inspection tool .40 members and the guide tube 44, thereby allowing the tool 40 to more easily be inserted through bends in the steam line leading to the inlet 22 of the steam turbine 10.
  • Bellows member may be formed of a - rubber material having sufficient rigidity for positioning the guide tube 44 relative to the trailing spool 46, but with adequate flexibility provided by the bellows to allow bending as the tool 40 passes through a bend in the steam line.
  • Inspection tool 40 may be used in turbines of various designs and sizes. As a result, the outside diameter of leading and trailing spool pieces 46,50 may be selected for the particular turbine being inspected. In one embodiment, the spool pieces 46,50 may be changed each time a different size is needed. In an alternative embodiment, a larger spool piece may be disposed around a smaller spool piece whenever needed, as illustrated in Figure 7.
  • Figure 7 illustrates the leading spool piece 50 and its associated bladder 52 as described above. A second larger spool piece 130 is installed over the leading spool piece 50. Bladder 52 provides an air tight seal between the two spool pieces 50,130.
  • a second larger bladder 132 is associated with the larger spool piece 130 for sealing to a larger diameter outer cylinder inlet sleeve 24 as shown in Figure 2.
  • the second bladder 132 may have its own independent air supply or it may be interconnected with the air supply for bladder 52. It may be appreciated that a similar larger spool piece would -be installed over the trailing spool piece 46.
  • the inspection tool 40 may be adapted for use with a variety of turbine designs without the need for complete disassembly of the tool.

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L'invention concerne un appareil d'inspection (40) conçu pour tester in-situ l'étanchéité du joint (30) du pavillon d'une turbine à vapeur (10). L'appareil comporte deux sacs (48, 52) gonflables pour définir un volume étanche n'ayant que le joint du pavillon (30) comme chemin de fuites. On compare le débit massique de l'air sous pression (70) à différentes pressions à travers le joint du pavillon (30) à des débits connus traversant un joint de pavillon conçu de manière semblable et présentant différents niveaux de détérioration. Une caméra (60),qui tourne au moyen d'un moteur (62) entre les sacs (48, 52), indique la position correcte de l'appareil d'inspection (40) et facilite l'inspection visuelle du joint d'étanchéité du pavillon et de l'écrou de retenue (42). L'appareil d'inspection (40) peut être introduit dans la turbine par un orifice à travers une soupape de régulation de débit démontée sans qu'il soit nécessaire de démonter ladite turbine.
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